Tropical Storm Helene was rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and expected to become a hurricane Wednesday while moving north along Mexico's coast toward the U.S., prompting residents to evacuate, schools to close and officials to declare emergencies in Florida and Georgia. This National...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The victory plan that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will present to the White House this week asks the Biden administration to do something it has not achieved in the two and a half years since Russia invaded Ukraine: act quickly to support Kyiv’s campaign. President Joe...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood and intensified the heavy rains that led to devastating flooding in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found. A resident is evacuated from her flooded house in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s president dismissed the notion of peace talks with Moscow on Tuesday, calling instead for unspecified global “action” to force Russia into peace for invading his country and to comply with the U.N. Charter’s requirement that every country respect the...
The World Bank is dangling a new $2.5-billion financing program to push East Asian and Pacific countries towards renewable energy (RE) use. The Accelerating Sustainable Energy Transition Program would "contribute to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60 million tons over its lifetime while...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on an attempted assassination charge. Ryan Wesley Routh takes part in a rally in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 30, 2022....
BEIRUT (AP) — Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander Tuesday as part of a two-day bombing campaign that has left more than 560 people dead and prompted thousands in southern Lebanon to seek refuge from the widening conflict. A wounded girl lies in a hospital bed in the southern village of...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned gathered leaders Tuesday that impunity, inequality and uncertainty are driving modern civilization toward “a powder keg that risks engulfing the world" — the latest in an increasing number of clarion calls from Antonio Guterres in...
BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of breaking into a woman’s home and repeatedly stabbing her was executed Tuesday over the objections of the victim’s family and the prosecutor, who wanted the death sentence commuted to life in prison. Deacon Dave Billips, with the Office of...
Parqal, a five-hectare mixed-use development by D.M. Wenceslao and Associates, Inc. (DMWAI), has been named one of the world’s most beautiful emporiums by the prestigious Prix Versailles. Parqal is a wordplay between “park” and “kalye”, which means street, situated in the heart of Aseana...
Women-led and women-owned business incubator Villgro Philippines has secured a financial grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for its gender and climate initiatives. While USAID did not disclose the grant amount, the aid agency said in a Sept. 23 statement that...
The World Bank has cited progress in spending the $178.1-million loan that the Philippines obtained two years ago to fight prevalent stunting among Filipino children. A Sept. 23 implementation status and results report showed the Washington-based multilateral lender upgraded the overall risk rating...
